Names are hard to pick!!!

While my wife and I are having a hard time deciding on the name of our baby girl we both seem to like the name Waverly. However, my wife is fixated on a name that can also have a nickname associated with it. Anyone have any ideas on a nick name for Waverly? Or possibly a middle name combination that would work as a nickname with Waverly??? Thanks in advance and we greatly appreciate any input!

Also, were not 100% sold on Waverly so any ideas or thoughts on a name would be great too. We like the carefree, summer style names, although my wife just informed me that she doesnt like names that begin with a vowel so that eliminats quite a few... some of the names we are considering are Summer, Cali, Cecily and obviously Waverly.

HiRyan, welcome to Nameberry! It's nice to see a father taking an interest in baby naming. I have a question: is this baby your first child? If so, I would advise you to think about your naming styles. The firstborn's name often determines what names any future children will hold. Judging by the few names you're considering, you and your wife had an eclectic style (nicknames like Cali, vintage like Cecily, word names like Summer and more contemporary surnames like Waverly). Personally, I like names with depth and history behind them (classic, traditional, vintage, mythological and Biblical are a few styles I prefer).

I prefer the vintage Cecily to the more trendy surname of Waverly. I think Cecily nn Ceil/Cece would age much better. I noticed that you seem to like names that end in the "ee" sound.